Main Members

Nayrman 214 (Ryan Malis)

The creator of the group, he presented the plan to Solaris in the Findthecomputerroom.com forums, and later Johnny. Usually has a very strong opinion, almost never giving reason to his hatred or love of games or movies. Tends to sound bland, but is also known for being hilarious in a weird but sometimes clever kind of way. As he is in charge of recording the commentaries, he could be considered the leader of the group. Shares HD recording with Johnny.

Born Lucky: If you can wall jump, in a game you can't wall jump in, and kill an enemy in a Mario game, by jumping under it, you are beyond lucky. Now if only that applied for him outside video games...

He wins Waluigi's Island by doing nothing but running around in circles and spouting "Anarchy!". This can be attributed to him spending the entire board on the space switching island, but even then, he was just doing it to be a dick and wasn't even trying to win.

A general rule: If it's a multiplayer game, expect Ryan to dominate and likely win it by default.

He's also exceptionally good at Superman 64, causing Ted to suspect he bribed the game.

Know-Nothing Know-It-All: With Pokemon competitive battling. Downplayed in comparison to Ted, it mainly comes in whenever he judges a Pokemon as "good" or "bad" based on the same insufficient criteria of typing and bias.

Although to his credit, Ryan DOES have a much better idea of competitive battling, such as how to use a sandstorm team effectively, and anything he's harsh on does have points against it (like, if he were to hate on ice type hail teams, it would be because of ice's notorious Glass Cannon reputation).

Never My Fault: He often tries to come up with an excuse whenever he fails miserably. This is especially noticeable in the Super Mario 3D World playtrhough where he uses the camera as an excuse for why is failing.

Significant Anagram: The first four letters of his net handle are an anagram of his first name.

The Smart Guy: Oftentimes he will bring up a scientific explanation to whatever topic is at hand, such as Spike being able to survive in space due to internal pressure. He has stated the only class he ever failed was Programming (or coding, whatever), implying that he survived Calculus with one of The Four Horsemen of Georgia Tech.

The Stoic: He's pretty much reserved and indifferent at times unless something really grinds his gears.

Troll: A defining characteristic. Particularly when recording the Megaman 3 footage and refusing to edit out a tedious grinding segment that lasted two parts and during the Waluigi's island board of Mario party 3. He basically spends the entire time dicking people over with the space switching island And he still wins. Basically, if he can screw you over by any means, he will.

Solaris Paradox/The Heartless Wanderer (Lewis Meideros)

Solaris is the second founder of the channel. The idea of commentating was originally pitched to him by Ryan, after which he later invited Johnny. Usually goes on various rants and talking about subjects unrelated to the game. Will find something to compare to Sonic the Hedgehog in each and every one of their playthroughs, but more recently claims to be more of a Persona fanboy. Is also known for having technical problems that have effected his presence in the group. He's also not afraid to be self-deprecating, either, as he makes fun of the fact that he is unemployed and that his references are too nerdy for the other commentators. Also has a distinct problem with questioning logic in video games, no matter what game it is (though this seems to have become far less prominent as of recently).

Despite being a full member, computer problems have lead Lewis to miss these commentaries:

Bias Steamroller: To most 8-bit games, with the Super Mario games being the only known exception.

Catch Phrase: Whenever he starts arguing about something, is cut off at the end of the part, and then re-mentions his point at the beginning of the next part, he says, "As I was saying".

He also says "I have a question," for when he wants to ask a question and wants everyone else to be quiet.

"Peach was useful!"

Character Development: At the beginning of Mario 3D World playthrough, he spent a majority of the time running around in circles and dying. As the game progresses though, he becomes more competent, spouting "Peach is/was useful!" whenever he does something good.

Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Seems to think on a different wavelength than the others, as he'll tend to ramble on topics that no one else gets and not understand comments that the others make.

Cursed with Awesome: He was bullied as a child... but at one point, the bullies threw money at him. They paid for his ice cream that day.

Deadpan Snarker: Much more so in earlier commentaries, but he still snarks every now and again.

Evil Laughter: Doesn't do so often, but when he does, it's impressive.

Grammar Nazi: Lewis tends to correct the grammar of the other commentators.

Inexplicably Identical Individuals: He looks near identical to Leon S. Kennedy. Though, this was intentional, as he states that one day he brought his copy of Resident Evil 4 to the Barber Shop and asked them if they could give him Leon's haircut.

Kleptomaniac Hero: If he can collect it, you bet your ass he will. And he will complain if someone (usually Johnny) passes up easily-obtainable collectibles. This occasionally comes back to bite him in the ass, as seen in the Catherine playthrough.

The Spock: Often questions nonsensical aspects of the games they comment on.

Somecallme Johnny (Juan "John" Ortiz)

The most well known of the group, a reviewer on Youtube with over 100,000 subscribers. Johnny was invited by Solaris to join the group. Shares the liberty of recording the group's HD games with Ryan. He is also the one who will usually try to give the most info on the game and ask questions related to them, but that doesn't mean he is professional. He initially was quite shy and, in the first few commentaries, barely said anything, but now some may argue he is the most lively of them all. Usually very foul mouthed, but very serious about the stuff he works on, such as his career and his infamous Sonic 20th Anniversary Animation, which came out after half a year of schedule slips.

Johnny has appeared in every commentary to date, since he's one of the original BSC members.

Johnny managed to screw up his grammar in Part 1 of Sonic Genesis and ends up saying at one point "A fuck ton of lot".

American Accents: Johnny has a distinct Western U.S accent despite living in suburban Pennsylvania, which is most prevalent in the way he pronounces words containing "were-" in them ("war-", as opposed to "were-").

Bald of Awesome: In the beginning, John did have hair, but over the years it slowly began to get thinner, until it reached the point it is now.

Bias Steamroller: To all anti-gravity & ice gimmicks in platformers, as well as deep underwater areas.

Although his hate of underwater areas is more of a childhood fear created by Ecco The Dolphin.

Berserk Button: Sonic Genesis. Even the entertainment value from displaying how broken the port is couldn't subside his rage from countless cheap deaths.

Shadow The Hedgehog, which he finds worse than Sonic 06 because of the tedious "Find/Kill all X" missions and having to replay the game 9 more times for 100% Completion. It is the only game that he openly expressed reluctance to comment on, as even Genesis at least gave the joy of showing it off to Ted.

In the past, he would get very irritated when anyone made fun of his weight, often insulting the person right back. Nowadays, he plays along with it.

Blood Knight: Will kill anything in his way when playing video games, even if they are harmless. Often says "They're in my way", as an excuse for killing them.

Book Dumb: While a genius in terms of what makes a good game, a highly skilled animator, and a master player at what he likes, he isn't the brightest guy in terms of academic/"book" facts. A minor example being that he didn't know that New Hampshire had no sales tax until Ted outright said it, despite the state being universally known for that. Even he admitted one time that Matt is most intelligent member of his group.

Rage Breaking Point: Ryan winning on Waluigi's island by literally running around in circles and being a dick.

The final part of Sonic Genesis.

Exand Shadow (Edward "Ted" Wiesen)

The youngest member of the group. He joined at random as a guest during the Resident Evil 4 commentary, and later became a permanent member after recording Pokemon Yellow for the team, taking Lewis's place in some of the latest commentaries. His favourite franchises include Ace Attorney, Pokemon and Kirby. His 'youthful innocence' and bright personality mix well with the other members of the group. Though originally The Scrappy, he has eventually become an accepted member of the group.

Following his first appearance in Part 40 of Resident Evil 4, Ted has appeared in all commentaries except:

Although mentioned, if you say it in something unrelated to Pokémon, he won't care.

Anything related to Gen 4 of Pokémon tends to put him in a bad mood. Lampshaded by Ted himself during "The Bullshit Video", in which Ted notes that if he continues to complain about it, he won't have anything to say for the eventual commentary. During the Pokémon Y livestream, Johnny catches a Bidoof (that was female, mind you) and nicknames it Ted just to set him off.

Bias Steamroller: Towards the Legend of Zelda for the NES, Pokemon Gen 4 and the Earthbound/Mother series.

To be fair, Zelda 1 is a very Guide Dang It game, and is best enjoyed by someone who has memorized how to complete it. Ted needed a guide at all times, and was repeatedly mocked for his constant deaths. He's also mostly indifferent towards the Zelda and Mother series. It's only with Gen 4 (part of a series which he otherwise loves) that he comes off as excessively hateful.

Hair-Trigger Temper: By his own admission, he used to have this with Gen IV of Pokemon, more so than any commentator toward any game when the game wasn't even the topic of the video; anything about the game would set him off on an angry rant. He recently decided to keep quiet about it until the actually commentary.

Know-Nothing Know-It-All: While he was at one point a competitive battler, he stopped after Gen IV and considers the metagame from this point on "too unbalanced to enjoy". This results in a somewhat simple-minded view of the metagame based on immediately available information and bias. One example was instantly deeming Magnezone bottom tier due to its 4X weakness, as well as having simple-minded strategies like "always having Ice Beam", among other things.

This occasionally seeps into the main series as well, like stating more than once that Purloin is a Gen IV Pokemon.

Sugar and Ice Personality: Downplayed. Many fans complained that Ted's personality is divided depending whether if he's on Twitter or if he's commentating. They state that while he's happy, ecstatic, and friendly while commentating, he is more blunt and to the point on Twitter. He states that he does admit to doing this.

Un Evil Laugh: All of his attempts suck. Although, it is debatable if his attempts are real ones, or if he's just sucking on purpose.

Guest Commentators

Big Al (Alan Reddig)

BigAl2k6The first guest commentator Brain Scratch has ever had, he's best known for his various rant videos. Known for his vulgarity, Big Al always brings big laughs in any commentary he appears in. Here's hoping he appears in more commentaries in the future!Big Al has appeared in the following commentaries:

Spax3Only appearing in the TMNT playthroughs, most people have forgotten about him. Being best known for his screaming and constant interruption most may be glad he hasn't made any additional appearances.

Put on a Bus: Has only appeared in two commentaries, and hasn't appeared since.

Clement J 642 (Jamie Clement)

ClementJ642One of the Brain Scratch Crew's first and most frequent Guest Commentators, Clement is certainly the one with the biggest fan base, and has the least hate amongst the fans. Hailing from Canada, The Great Clement is an enthusiastic, yet snarky member whose unique sense of humor makes him enjoyable for fans to watch.

Fastest Thing AliveGareth is British/English which obviously means that he gets the ridiculously inaccurate stereotypes of British people applied to him by Americans. Former member of Hellfire Commentaries, FTA, is the owner of the Find the Computer Room website, who knowingly mooches off of the Brain Scratch Crew for publicity... but the others don't really care. And we don't either. Also the winner of the Brain Scratch Quotes 'Best BSC Guest' twitter poll.

His claim that Lost Impact from Shadow The Hedgehog is his favorite level in the game, backed by near masochistic love for its tedious mission and an attack on those who despised it also sent the crew into an uproar.

Paranoiasonik (Nathan)

ParanoiaSonikMember of the Sonic Paradox team, he has joined them previously on the Mega Man X3, Mega Man 8 and Sonic Riders. Definitely another guest who deserves more appearances.

(One of) The Super Gaming Bros.Johnny's best friend and fellow member of The Super Gaming Brothers, Johnny called Matt into the Comms because "Why the fuck not?". He's a great addition to the Comms anyway so it doesn't matter. Unlike the other members who contribute useful information to the game in question, Matthew prefers to troll and crack dick jokes (to his credit, though, he is highly knowledgable on the games he commentates over for Brain Scratch or The Super Gaming Bros).

Also, according to Johnny, he's the guy who started the TV Tropes page for the group in the first place!

On a rather awesome note, he's clearly practiced dealing with this in times of commentary, as evidenced by how well he's done so far in Touhouvania 2.

Sonic Sega Fan 1991 (Donnie)

SSF1991Another member of Sonic Paradox. Aside from doing an interview with the Brain Scratch Crew on his own channel, he has appeared in several livestreams and impressions videos, though he would not appear in an official commentary until Sonic Spinball. He's still a pretty chill guy, though, (except when playing Mario Kart 8) and we wouldn't mind seeing him more often.

The Quiet One: At times. Thus, the Running Gag is the occasional joke of "Hey, Donnie's here!", by some people when he does get to talk.

Of course, when he does get to speak, he's usually just told to shut up anyway.

Remember the New Guy: Averted in his first appearance, where at least once every half-hour in the livestream, someone in the comments would ask who the "bottom-left guy" was.

He also seems to believe that since he was never featured in an actual commentary yet, this trope's aversion is justified.

The Scrappy: Can sometimes get on people's nerves when he doesn't know when to stop talking and move on.

Chuggaaconroy (Emile Rosales-Birou)

ChuggaaconroyThat's right. TheChuggaaconroy. Apparently he was a fan of Brain Scratch and wanted to commentate with the others, and Johnny agreed. The main four met up with him at Momo Con and they decided to record some games live with him, and the rest is history.

The second female to join the group (progress!), Masae Anela is a Let's Player who's done collaborations with several channels for shits and giggles alone; most prominently The Runaway Guys. After first appearing in the Pokémon X and Y Livestream, she's appeared in other livestreams and videos with the Brain Scratch Crew since.

Wait, another girl? Jesus, the crew really is going places. Roxy is the designer of the current Brain Scratch logo. After appearing in a retrospective with a couple of other artists, she made a return in the crew's first Mario Kart 8 livestream. Also... You don't have to put on the red light, Those days are over, You don't have to sell your body to the night. Roxanne, You don't have to wear that dress tonight, Walk the streets of money, You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right. Roxanne, You don't have to put on the red light. Roxanne, You don't have to put on the red light. Roxanne (Put on the red light) Roxanne (Put on the red light) Roxanne (Put on the red light) Roxanne (Put on the red light) Roxanne (Put on the red light) Roxanne! I loved you since I knew you, I wouldn't talk down to you, I have you to tell just how I feel, I won't share you with another boy. I know my mind is made up, So put away your make up, Told you once I won't tell you again, It's a bad way. Roxanne, You don't have to put on the red light. Roxanne, You don't have to put on the red light. Roxanne (Put on the red light) Roxanne (Put on the red light) Roxanne (Put on the red light)

Founder of Hellfire Comms, he's been working with Brain Scratch for a collaboration for a while now. After showing up for a small livestream, he collaborated with Ryan and Lewis for The Opening Days of Mario Kart 8.

The side member of Gamexplain, and is responsible for most of the writing and editing for the videos. The synergy with BSC began when Derrick messaged Ted on Twitter and asked him if he wanted to do a Pokémon OR/AS discussion with them; Ted accepted. Afterwards, they kept in touch and became pals.

Derrick has appeared in the following videos:

Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright Investigations Impressions

IGN Top 125 Nintendo games

Tropes that apply to Derrick:

Ascended Fanboy: He states that he was a fan of Brainscratchcomms long before he got into contact with them.

Cluster F-Bomb: Not nearly as much as the others, but it's still there.

Shout-Out: Does this during the Mario Kart 8 weekly stream on Gamexplain where he explains about the Sonic-A-Thon.

Fictional Characters

Pretzel Bag

A bag full of pretzels, it originally lived with Ryan, until it apparently moved to Johnny's place. While there, Johnny proceeded to betray Pretzel Bag, and eat his intestines, killing him during The Pokemon Crystal Commentary. As of now, Johnny has not been punished, and the law has over looked this blatant case of murder. Probably because he was revealed to be alive in a recent stream of Johnny's. Now safe, away from Johnny's pretzel eating tyranny. For Now... Tropes that apply to Pretzel Bag:

Though we have no idea what species Biffalo the Fourth is, Ryan assumes that it is another Companion Cube.

The Voiceless: The only incarnation of Biffalo that has spoken was Biffalo the Sixth.

Although, Biffalo The Seventh may vary well be capable of speaking, but chose not to, summing this trope up to a tee.

What Happened to the Mouse?: There are at least seven other Biffalos that weren't even mentioned in any commentary so far, as Biffalo the Fifteenth was introduced in Pikmin, with no mention of any of it's previous incarnations.

Even Lewis himself lost track of all those fuckers.

Kirby

An adorable puffball hero, canniball, and Sith Lord.Tropes that apply to Kirby:

The only one to enter battle in Mega Man X2 besides the title character himself; his talents were wasted after a lucky shot murdered him at the beginning of the game. The playthrough was then dedicated in his honor. He will be missed.Tropes that apply to The Green Biker Dude:

The owner of the Pokémon fan club in Vermillion City. While he likes giving free things away, he'll only do so after he finishes talking about his favorite Rapidash. And even then, he'll still call you up then and again to talk about it some more.Tropes that apply to The Pokémon Fan Club President:

Stuff Blowing Up: She has a massive fetish for this sort of thing, as stated above.

Manic-Depressed Luigi

Shy and frightful brother of Mario, has a dark view of most things, enjoys watching things go bad for Mario and often isn't impressed by anything. Has a significant rivalry with 'Annoying Dick Waluigi.'Tropes that apply to Luigi:

Super Wheel Chair: In the Sonic Heroes commentary, they say that in Adventure 2 he was apparently paralyzed, and he used his mech as his wheelchair. His physical therapy is now over, but he still rides it every Saturday morning because he likes it.

Captain Falcon

The god of awesomeness. He owns a church and runs non-believers over with his car instead of smiting them. His signature Falcon Punch can break galaxies.Tropes that apply to Captain Falcon:

Formerly the hardest boss in existence, now an ally. Most of his family members are dead, but they do occasionally give him unhelpful advice from beyond the grave. His real name is Waddle Dooters.Tropes that apply to Waddle Dee:

Juckles and Knuckers are two Echidnas that "aid" Dr.Eggman in Sonic 3CD & Knuckles & Knuckles, Juckles is a beatnik who recites poetry and Knuckers is a Rastafarian who bangs on the bongos and smokes weed.Tropes that apply to Juckles and Knuckers:

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